| Thank you to all the Year 10 girls who have joined Vida's Voices - Young Women Speak. Competition preparations are now underway. The topic for the prepared speech is: Choose one issue you think has been important in positively changing women’s status in Australian society and include what you see as some important consequences.
Some issues you could cover -
- Work place relations (pay parity, affirmative action, equal
rights, family and parental leave, career structures)
- Health care, women’s reproductive rights (abortion, contraception)
- Human and civil rights, laws (anti discrimination), equal opportunity
- Presentation in literature, Portrayal in the media
- The suffragette movement.
Any further clarification contact Vida's Voices Project Officer Vicki Fitzgerald by email or phone on 03 9439 4020.
Opposite: Members of the Leaders Team spent an afternoon training with Paul Zappa on the psychology of public speaking.
| Here's some useful resources.
- Have a good look through the our website, in particular all of the Gender Matters section - lots of great articles and organisation links.
- United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Australia
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